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Am Law Firms Plug Into $5.6 Billion NV Energy Sale
MidAmerican Energy Holdings, a subsidiary of billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, said late Wednesday that it will acquire the Las Vegas utility in a deal worth $10 billion, including debt. Gibson Dunn, Brownstein Hyatt, Sidley Austin, Hogan Lovells, and Nevada firm Woodburn and Wedge are advising on the deal.
Einhorn adds to drumbeat for CEO exits with call to oust Ballmer
David Einhorn's call to replace Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer adds to the drumbeat for change at the top of technology bellwethers.
ILTA E-Discovery: The Elephant in the Room
It was as difficult to ignore the electronic discovery vendors crowding the International Legal Technology Association floor as it is to ignore an elephant in the room. Legal Technology editor Sean Doherty picks out the important e-discovery news and other ILTA news of interest.Google supports its partners in Android suits
Google Inc.'s Android operating system may be open source software, but using it comes at a price.In the past year, competitors such as Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have filed dozens of patent infringement actions against companies using Android to run their smartphones and other mobile devices.While Google has been named in only one suit so far, it isn't leaving its partners to fend for themselves.HP Shuffle Raises Oversight Issues as CEO Prepares to Become Board Chairman
The one winner in the Hewlett-Packard boardroom spying scandal appears to be president and CEO Mark Hurd. He will soon add chairman to his duties, so long as he manages to avoid the mess that has splattered on current chairwoman Patricia Dunn. But some corporate governance experts wonder about consolidating so much power in one person's hands. "This is a big step back for the good corporate government movement," says Kirk O. Hanson, director of Santa Clara University's Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.
TREC 2012 Legal Track Canceled
The U.S. government's Text Retrieval Conference is skipping its planned 2012 project, and software company Recommind has been asked not to participate.Bilked investor balks at firm's deal
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky Walker has asked an Atlanta federal judge to approve a settlement of a case alleging that some of the firm's Los Angeles lawyers helped clients sell investments in roving billboards that they should have realized were a scam. The settlement filed with the court is still under seal, but a letter from an investor to U.
In Wake of Autonomy Scandal, HP's Lawyers Wonder What's Next
Even before news of HP's latest ill-fated acquisition broke, the company's lawyers had plenty of reasons to leave. Now, GC John Schultz must figure out how to boost morale in his department while also shepherding the company through the crisis.TRENDING STORIES
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